Episode 13

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26th Mar 2025

Is the Healthcare System Failing Women? And What Do We Do While We Wait for It to Change?

In our debut Chin Chats episode of The Hairy Chin Podcast, Spencer Moore addresses the trending narrative of Medical Misogyny and why women can’t afford to wait for the system to change.

From dismissive doctors to exploitative wellness industries, Spencer explains how the healthcare system continues to fail women, leaving them feeling unheard, gaslit, and desperate. She emphasizes the importance of self-advocacy, learning to listen to your own body, and making informed decisions about your individual healthcare.

She also shares a scene from one of her favorite movies, Born Yesterday, and the empowering message it shares.

Spencer’s message is clear: no one is going to save you but you. This episode serves as a wake-up call for women to reclaim their health journeys and refuse to be ignored taken advantage of by a broken system.

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The Hairy Chin Podcast
The Hairy Chin Podcast is a female health advocacy show helping women move from being told to advocate for themselves to actually knowing how, with structure, language, and clarity to navigate their healthcare.
The Hairy Chin is a women’s health advocacy podcast focused on the mechanics behind self advocacy. Because here’s the truth: women are told they must advocate for their health, but rarely they are explained how. This show breaks down the practical skills women can learn to navigate medical systems more clearly, from preparing for appointments and communicating symptoms in usable language, to organizing health information and understanding how decisions are made inside the room.
Hosted by Spencer Moore, a patient turned advocate with over thirty years of experience navigating complex health systems (in the US and Spain), this podcast is built on lived experience, interviews with medical professionals, and the patterns that repeat across women’s stories.
This is not a wellness trends podcast. It’s not about biohacking or chasing root causes. It’s about learning how healthcare actually works, and how to participate in it without minimizing yourself, over explaining, or leaving unsure of what just happened.
Through structured advocacy series, conversations with women telling their advocacy in real life stories, and expert interviews, you’ll learn how to show up prepared, communicate clearly, and walk out of appointments with next steps you understand.
Self advocacy is not a personality, it’s is a skillset. And skills can be learned.
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Spencer Moore

Spencer Moore is the founder of The Hairy Chin and host of The Hairy Chin Podcast, where she teaches women the lifelong skill they deserve most: self-advocacy. After navigating decades of chronic illness, mental health challenges, and an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis, Spencer turned her lived experience into a mission to help women understand their bodies and trust their voices. Through candid conversations, expert insights, and creative storytelling, she empowers women to take control of their health and well-being on their own terms.